Example sentences of "had the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he never had the time . |
| 2 | The heroes you have kind of linger on from a prior period when only a few records passed through your life , when you had the time to get fixated , spend weeks living inside a record . |
| 3 | I should try it myself if only I had the time . ’ |
| 4 | Kate Collingwood , writing as tutor-organiser for Essex with a Federation Executive highly committed to voluntary participation , felt that ‘ any of my organising work could be done by voluntary branch members if they had the time . |
| 5 | He leapt over Mr Slipper and was climbing the shelves before anyone had the time to realise what was happening . |
| 6 | When asked about the factors which influenced how and where they shopped , many older people said they would be ready to pay a little more for their purchases at shops which provided places to sit down , had lavatories and employed staff members who had the time and inclination to help them . |
| 7 | In fact , if I had the time and money I would pre-bait every morning and evening . |
| 8 | What made it worse , was that the police had the time of the tram-cars and the time it took to get to a certain stop . |
| 9 | And they had the time worked out for every policeman the length of time he was allowed to travel from court to home and back again and you added that time to the time you were engaged in court and it was worked out to the minute — worked out officially how long it took the tram . |
| 10 | He did not believe God had the time to interfere in the petty affairs of men . |
| 11 | But when Grandma died he just lost all interest in the garden , and since no one had the time to take it on , it became neglected . |
| 12 | Mrs M no longer had the time to devote to the girl who sought schooling for herself . |
| 13 | Had the time come to forget the promise they had made each other , the guarantee they had given never to meet or speak ? |
| 14 | Here is a list of leisure activities : tick the items you enjoy or would like to do if you had the time or the opportunity . |
| 15 | If they had the time they 'd have cut words or letters out of magazines . |
| 16 | In the rush for funds or to exploit the fusion fanaticism , few had the time or inclination to look beyond the surface and see the shaky foundations beneath . |
| 17 | Standards in areas perhaps you wish you had the time to teach employees yourself . |
| 18 | Dick described his part in the restoration project as ‘ chase and race ’ — ‘ I wish I had the time to do the mechanical work , I like that , but I did the parts sourcing and chasing and telephone calls . |
| 19 | ‘ I wish I had the time . |
| 20 | His comedy went into those Welsh and newly minted theatrical stories at Oxford where he had the time of his life . |
| 21 | A regular checkup once or twice a year with a GP who had the time , the energy , and the resources to advise on preventative medicine as an integral part of the National Health Service , may have protected me from a heart attack . |
| 22 | Indeed , they would do so , if only they had the time or resources or if the entire teaching staff could agree to abandon lectures simultaneously . |
| 23 | She played with the children in their street when they had the time which was n't often and with diplomatic children , a cosmopolitan lot , like mine , only that Constanza was gang-leader . |
| 24 | As it was , with Helmut gone , Jean-Claude had the time to convince me that my life in London not only lacked quality but was something of a farce . |
| 25 | He said that if I had the time and the inclination he would be grateful if I would sort through the material , put the scores in chronological order to one side and throw out ‘ the rubbish ’ . |
| 26 | His head was full of sentences he was going to write to Hilary when he had the time to put pen to paper : I may remind you that I never asked you for a penny towards the summer gas bill … do you think I am made of stone ? … surely I deserve better consideration … who listened for hours when you had that disagreement at Bromley over Fortescue upstaging you in She Stoops to Conquer … have you forgotten that it was I , when your mother had her second stroke , who travelled with her in the ambulance and went back on the bus to collect her plaster replica of the Sacred Heart ? |
| 27 | ‘ Sure — if I had the time . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You know , there were many things I wanted to do , but I never had the time for them . |
| 29 | Cos it 's months before I had the time . |
| 30 | But now Duvall had the time , the training , the balance and the strength to deliver a kick to Jimmy 's midriff ; a controlled kick that had all of Duvall 's force behind it , from the hip . |